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Applicative operators

See original GitHub issue

This decision is in the roadmap to 1.0

We currently have applicative operators which are very convenient to write “formula with effects”:

let x = Some 4 |+| Some 6

let y = 4 +| tryParse "6"

We can extend this to many other operators, not just basic math:

|=|
|>|
|<|

But when using them with pure values they will become:

|= |> ops, this is the forward pipe <| … and this one the backwards

and if we add logic operators:

|&&| |||| … this looks weird.

Maybe we can rename them to:

.+.
.-.
.>.
.=.
.||.

Any thoughts?

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Created 6 years ago
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gustycommented, Jan 14, 2018

Thanks everybody for your input. Based on comments and as far as I can tell switching to . prefix/suffix is the way to go.

Closing as it is already implemented in https://github.com/gusty/FSharpPlus/commit/1a3a5122cced747187e0b5ea8629122bd3202c33

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gustycommented, Jan 10, 2018

I’m also inclined towards . now.

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